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[ChromiumIO]

So I'm just getting back into ant keeping and was wondering if you guys could help me id this ant I found under a rock in my garden. 

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[Manitobant]

Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

[ChromiumIO]

Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

Yeah it looks like there are a lot of pheidole ants in my area.

[ZTYguy]

Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

Yeah it looks like there are a lot of pheidole ants in my area.

Get a better lighted pic and I’ll send it to my friend to have it IDed to species. Also where was it found.

Edited by ZTYguy, October 16 2022 - 6:31 PM.

[ChromiumIO]

 

 

Definitely a queen, particularly one in the genus pheidole.

Yeah it looks like there are a lot of pheidole ants in my area.

Get a better lighted pic and I’ll send it to my friend to have it IDed to species. Also where was it found.

 

Thanks, Ill get a better pic tomorrow, it was found around Southern California.

[AntsCali098]

Is it just me or does it look like she has little bumps on her body? Like mites

[LowQualityAnts]

It does look like that. I saw somethimg once where the workers eclosed and ate the mites but it seemed very chance based.

[ChromiumIO]

Here's a little bit of a better picture guys

Edited by ChromiumIO, October 17 2022 - 3:11 PM.

[ChromiumIO]

Its a little better

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[LowQualityAnts]

Could you get a side view shot? I'm pretty sure it has at least one mite but a side view picture would help.

[LIExotics]

That looks exactly like the 8 queens I just caught 2 weeks ago: https://imgur.com/gallery/e2Yjgro

[LowQualityAnts]

Both of them are tetramorium immigrans

Edited by LowQualityAnts, October 18 2022 - 9:14 AM.

[OiledOlives]

Both of them are tetramorium immigrans

Crematogaster sensu stricto, cf. cerasi

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[LowQualityAnts]

My mistake

Edited by LowQualityAnts, October 18 2022 - 11:14 AM.

[Manitobant]

In case it wasn’t clear, OP’s queen is in the genus pheidole, while these other queens are crematogaster

[LowQualityAnts]

I don't know why I've been so bad at ID's on this forum. I can usually id a species with about 80-90 percent accuracy.

[OiledOlives]

You might want to check out the Dunning-Kruger effect.

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[LowQualityAnts]

You might want to check out the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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As of now I have IDed about eleven species. I misidentified 2 of them. That gives me about a 82 percent success rate. The 80-90 percent I said was a rough estimate since i havent seen that many species in person.

[KadinB]

 

You might want to check out the Dunning-Kruger effect.
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As of now I have IDed about eleven species. I misidentified 2 of them. That gives me about a 82 percent success rate. The 80-90 percent I said was a rough estimate since i havent seen that many species in person.

 

That's not even enough ids to call yourself good at id. Not trying to be rude but just saying. 

[LowQualityAnts]

I was just saying that I was being realistic when I said I was correct about ID's 80 to 90 percent of the time. I know that I am still a newbie at anting I was just making a comment on how I made a pretty large mistake relative to other times I tried to find the species.